Sentences with phrase «store sales slowed»

Increased capital expenditures to open new stores plus declining same store sales slowed recent dividend growth.

Adding insult to injury, same - store sales slowed further toward the end of the third quarter.

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It's a slow, painstaking strategy, however, especially at major department stores, where sales staff are hawking so many different brands at various price points.

The company has also been slow to adapt to changing retail trends, like sales primarily driven by e-commerce and in - store innovations.

Nike's sales growth has slowed in North America, a development Mark Parker, the company's CEO, attributes to consumers increasingly buying more online and make fewer trips to physical stores.

Starbucks» same - store sales have risen for seven straight years, but slowing growth has put Johnson under pressure.

Most notably, its same - store sales have been dwindling by 1 % to 2 % for several quarters, though the rate of decline has slowed and the fast - food market is improving.

Beyond slowing sales, food companies are working with increasingly punishing retailers that are under their own pressure as shoppers pick up their food staples at convenience stores and, increasingly, Amazon.

«Same - Shack» sales growth — the term the company uses for the change in year - over-year revenue for U.S. company - owned stores opened for at least 24 months — have slowed.

Although franchise growth has slowed a bit, same - store sales remain hearty — up 7.7 % in 2011.

This week's big news is that Michael Kors, one of the largest luxury fashion brands, is closing up to 15 % of its retail stores over the next two years, after slow sales and fewer people shopping in - store.

Though Shake Shack is growing — generating nearly $ 79 million in «Shack sales» for the first nine months of 2014 — there are some worries that growth at stores that have been open for at least two years has slowed.

May 2 (Reuters)- Estee Lauder Cos Inc topped expectations for quarterly profit on Wednesday but investors were worried about slowing U.S. sales as fewer shoppers visit department stores where the company sells a bulk of its products.

In the meantime, Target has been rolling out a sophisticated branding operation here honed by 50 years of slow, steady and massively successful expansion in the U.S.. From a family - owned Minneapolis department store, Target has grown into a discount retailing force rivalled (and still consistently dominated) only by Walmart, which posted US$ 264 billion in U.S. sales last year.

It's not clear how much of the slowdown in same - store sales is unique to Tims or the result of a general slowing in fast food.

McDonald's U.S. same - store sales growth slowed to 0.7 percent in the third quarter from 1 percent in the previous quarter.

Pepsi last quarter slashed its full - year outlook as sales in the region dropped, due to slowing sales of Gatorade and in convenience stores broadly.

Retail sales fell 0.1 %, missing expectations; Same store sales growth slowed by.9 % y / o / y.

But it has been suffering from slow sales and only has six stores left.

In Wesfarmers department stores division, Kmart's sales growth accelerated while Target's decline slowed in the March quarter.

While category - wide beer volume sales remain flat across IRI's measured multi-outlet and convenience channels (MULC — which comprise grocery, drug, club, dollar, mass - merchandiser, Walmart and military stores), up just 0.7 percent through May 15, growth in the craft beer category, which was growing double - digits at this time last year, has slowed considerably.

Lowe's executives attributed a same - store sales gain of 2.7 % — less than rival Home Depot's 5.5 % increase — to slowed store traffic in August and September.

In the March quarter, Woolworths» same - store food sales soared 4.5 per cent, the strongest growth since 2010, while Coles» same - store food sales slowed to 0.8 per cent, with the gap widening to 370 basis points.

The price reductions and new private label strategies have helped Woolworths restore same - store sales growth and have turned up the heat on Coles, which has grown at a slower rate than Woolworths for two consecutive quarters.

Coles boss John Durkan expects food and liquor sales to accelerate in the March and June quarters after September quarter same - store sales grew at the slowest pace since 2008.

Food and grocery stores are less reliant on pre-Christmas spending than general merchandise retailers, but the major supermarket chains are taking no chances, particularly after sales in the supermarket sector grew in August at the slowest rate since June 2016.

Although I've told you before when I look at your sweet farm house my» heart goes pitter pat» my home is full of finds from garage sales, junk stores & curbs - my kids used to start crying if a slowed down near junk on curb!!!

From the wi - fi being slow at your go - to coffee shop to the sale code not working at your favorite online store, your day is full of incidents that eventually add up to stressors.

Overall sales are steady and the e-book market is growing at a slower pace — a helpful trend for physical stores.»

Although the store got off to a slow start, strong Android sales have pushed many more developers looking to turn a profit to embrace the platform.

Plus the process of getting books into brick - and - mortar stores — working through sales teams, distributors, printers, and booksellers — can be painfully slow, so we can get the digital book out the door and making money all while gearing up for the book's print release.

The drop was attributed to various factors, including slower foot traffic in stores, the declining sales of adult coloring books, and no bestselling album by Adele.

But once iPad - optimized apps started hitting the App Store, iPad sales started to skyrocket, peaking in 2014 before its slow decline to today.

Did you know: July is traditionally one of the slower months for clothing and apparel sales, so stores will be slashing prices to encourage reluctant buyers.

Home Depot is a slow grower, adding only 9 new stores in 2013, and expecting only 3 % in comparable sales growth.

A sale on freshwater fish, for instance, on the slowest day or night of the week or a vaccine clinic offered the last Sunday of every month can give the store a boost.

Couche - Tard, which is grappling with slowing same - store merchandise sales, has blamed «anemic» real - wage growth for the struggles of its lower - income customers, while also citing fewer visits by Hispanics.

The entire department - store industry has been scrambling to overhaul operations after years of slowing sales.

ICSC also reported the slowest month since March 2011, with same - store sales growth of 3.7 percent.